Rutgers suspends and fines coach Mike Rice

In a statement released by Athletic Director Tim Pernetti, Rutgers mens basketball coach Mike Rice has been suspended without pay for three games and hit with a $50,000 fine for violating athletic department policy, namely inappropriate behavior and language. There were no NCAA violations involved and the matter is strictly internal. After an athletic department…

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NCAA: Unranked Butler stuns #1 Indiana

Two years ago, Alex Barlow was playing basketball for the Archbishop Moeller High School team and fielding offers to play baseball at a number of Division 1 colleges. Barlow sported a batting average that hovered in the .600 range on a team that was consistently ranked in the top 100 in the country and boasts…

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Video: Euroleague Week 10 Top 10 Plays

[embedplusvideo height=”298″ width=”480″ standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/IA2Tz7HlWAM?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=IA2Tz7HlWAM&width=480&height=298&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep5531″ /] Euroleague Regular Season Week 10 – Top 10 Plays!

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Video: Euroleague MVPs James and Bjelica

[embedplusvideo height=”298″ width=”480″ standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/XvRdjPmUaOE?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=XvRdjPmUaOE&width=480&height=298&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep9301″ /] Shawn James and Nemanja Bjelica, with an Performance Index Rating of 27 were both selected for the bwin MVP of the week 10.

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Euroleague: Bjelica and James – Week 10 MVPs

For the third time this Turkish Airlines Euroleague Regular Season, the honor for the week’s best performance is shared by two players. The regular season came to an end with a flurry of close games, but it was great efforts in a pair of bigger victories that saw Nemanja Bjelica of Caja Laboral Vitoria and…

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Euroleague: Field for the Top 16 is finally set

Coming into Friday’s Euroleague contests there were 15 teams that knew that they would be involved in the Top 16 round that is set to begin in two weeks, on Dec., 27th. Of the six teams playing Friday, Three had secured their tickets prior to lacing up for the last game of the regular season,…

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NBA: First All-Star Ballot Results

2013 NBA All-Star Balloting Presented by Sprint – Eastern Conference Frontcourt: LeBron James (Mia) 641,348; Carmelo Anthony (NYK) 573,112; Kevin Garnett (Bos) 218,246; Chris Bosh (Mia) 210,724; Tyson Chandler (NYK) 151,744; Paul Pierce (Bos) 114,735; Joakim Noah (Chi) 73,366; Josh Smith (Atl) 69,344; Andrew Bynum (Phi) 68,596; Amar’e Stoudemire (NYK) 64,266; Shane Battier (Mia) 59,419;…

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Bryan Hopkins: EuroChallenge Week 6 MVP

Conscious of the importance of the occasion to their respective teams, many a player delivered outstanding performances on the final day of EuroChallenge Regular Season action. Five of those players registered an efficiency rating of 33 or more, sufficient to make a solid case for claiming the last MVP title in the first phase of…

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Derrick Brown: Eurocup Week 6 MVP

Lokomotiv Kuban went from the fringe of the Last 16 to first place in its group on Wednesday with a big win over Trefl Sopot and at the heart of the victory was forward Derrick Brown, who also reaped Week 6 MVP honors. Brown starred with 34 points and a performance index rating of 39…

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